Understanding planning · 13 min read
Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Chorley Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
8,517 approved · 819 refused · 435 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 May 2013 to 10 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Cuerden Hall Shady Lane Cuerden Bamber Bridge Preston PR5 6AZ
Received 10 Nov 202334 Park Road Chorley PR7 1QU
Received 10 Nov 202358 Woodlands Meadow Chorley PR7 3QH
Received 10 Nov 2023Tan Pits Farm New Road Anderton Chorley PR6 9HG
Received 10 Nov 2023The Strawberry Fields Digital Hub Euxton Lane Chorley PR7 1PS
Received 10 Nov 20235 Glamis Drive Chorley PR7 1LX
Received 10 Nov 20231 Holmes Barn Farm Back Lane Heath Charnock Chorley PR6 9DL
Received 11 Nov 2023Land To The East Of The Old Barn Top O'Th' Lane Brindle Chorley PR6 8PA
Received 13 Nov 2023Laburnums High Street Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 3TD
Received 13 Nov 2023219 Wigan Road Euxton Chorley PR7 6JG
Received 14 Nov 20235 Heather Lea Drive Brinscall Chorley PR6 8PH
Received 14 Nov 2023Land North Of Town Lane Town Lane Whittle-Le-Woods
Received 15 Nov 202358 Wilderswood Close Clayton-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7SH
Received 15 Nov 2023Cuerden Hall Shady Lane Cuerden Bamber Bridge Preston PR5 6AZ
Received 15 Nov 2023Whalleys Farm Preston Road Charnock Richard Chorley PR7 5HR
Received 15 Nov 2023Mariden Smithy Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2QQ
Received 15 Nov 2023Brereworth Manor Marsh Lane Brindle Chorley PR6 8NZ
Received 15 Nov 2023Outside 174 Pilling Lane Chorley PR7 3EF
Received 15 Nov 20231 Birch Field Clayton-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7RE
Received 16 Nov 2023Lower House Fold Farm Trigg Lane Heapey Chorley PR6 9BZ
Received 16 Nov 20236 Gisburn Court Clayton-Le-Woods Leyland PR25 5AN
Received 16 Nov 202323 Cherryfields Euxton Chorley PR7 6JS
Received 16 Nov 202310B Runshaw Lane Euxton Chorley PR7 6AU
Received 16 Nov 2023Wilcocks Farm Caravan Site Dean Head Lane Rivington Bolton BL6 7SJ
Received 17 Nov 2023Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Chorley Borough Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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